Chico Live, the brainchild of the local jam band provider Azariah “Z” Reynolds, occupied sun-splashed Chico City Plaza for more than six hours on Saturday, May 9, 2009, with artisans, artists, and musicians sharing the bill. After sundown, the El Rey Theatre provided the Chico Live nightcap, with a knee-slapping double bill that featured Darol Anger's Strings for Industry and what was billed as the final show ever for Honkeytonk Homeslice, a homespun bluegrass/Americana band featuring Bill Nershi of The String Cheese Incident. See my article in the Chico News & Review at www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=980947 --- Photos by Alan Sheckter / NorCalEdit@sbcglobal.net. Permission must be granted for re-publication.